MOGADISHU (Reuters) - French military helicopters attacked a base belonging to al Shabaab insurgents in southern Somalia to rescue a French secret agent held hostage since 2009, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday.
French officials were not immediately available to comment on reports of the raid, in which a Somali government official said at least two people were killed.
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